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Adromischus cooperi

The plover-egg plant, a small Eastern Cape succulent with spotted, puffy leaves that grows in rock crevices of the Karoo margins. It wants bright light, summer water and a cool, mostly dry winter.

Adromischus cooperi
Photo: Petar43, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Small perennial succulent to about 10 cm, forming short thick stems with age; grows in pockets of soil among rocks on dry slopes where it is partly shaded by stones or shrubs.

Climate sites run from about 250 to 1,440 m.

Eastern CapeSouth Africa

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.